Ender's Game (Fantastic Audio)

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Summary: Great is great today as much as yesterday.
Review: I just had to add my two-cents about this, the best book I've read. I've read the classics, I've read the trash, but it all pales (some comes close, but not very) in comparison to Ender's Game. Ender's Game was "as easy as apple pie" (to make a reference to a now-popular dish/sex toy) to fall into and not be able to stop reading. If you want a good, long book (and this is a rarity- a good AND long book) with a very well thought-out plot, characters that actually make you want to tear their names out of the book, stomp on them and set them afire, a setting that is incredible yet wonderful, and a style that keeps you wanting more from the author (I also read the Homecoming series), read this, you'll thank yourself. Don't mind the revews from the 'TV only, please' viewers, THE BOOK IS GREAT.

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Summary: Loved it. Highly recommend it. Great.
Review: Great book about the struggle of a boy commanding tricked into commanding a fleet against an alian race. Great character development. You really get to know the Ender and his internal conflicts. Recommend you read the rest sequels.

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Summary: An excellent part of an amazing whole
Review: In response to many of the negative reviews I have read regarding "Ender's Game", I wish to clarify one point: Card planned on writting an entire series from the beginning. In "Ender's Game" you are introduced to the characters, their flaws, their adversaries, and their solution. The hard sci-fi and groundbreaking new ideas come later, in "Speaker of the Dead", "Xenocide", and "Children of the Mind". So, if you decide to read the first book... by all means read the entire series. You will be more enriched for the experience.

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Summary: ENDER RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: OK, I realize I'm only going to be the 700-something review but this book deserves 5 stars! Ender's Game is amazing and although the genius kids at the Battle School are kind of psychotic, they make the book really interesting. I didn't like Ender's character that much in this book though ... he was a little too violent but you have to respect a guy who can kill two punks with his bare hands. The only thing about him that was really normal was his attachment to Valentine. I hated Ender's brother, Peter. Graff basically summed him up when he said Peter had "the soul of a jackal." The parts about the Battle School are the best sections of the book because that's when they go in-depth about the training and the real genius of the battle school kids. Of course, Ender was the best of all of them but I also liked Bean and Dink. I've read all the sequels to this book and can't wait for Ender's Shadow to come out!!!

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Summary: A BAD BOOK MADE EASY
Review: I have to agree with the readers from Greenlawn, New York and Houston, Texas. This book is a disgrace to the sci-fi community. Even the slightest consideration of the possibility of a little boy conquering the aliens is implausible. The major characteristic of Ender being his astonishing analytical and psychological aspects in which regards himself to never really lose a game is one total and major flaw; this stoy-line truth is lacking both tact and feasability. To summarize, this book is a total mistake and should only be read by young second or third rate readers whom do not really pose a desire to read but a desire to be spoonfed the information as if he/she was a kindergardener.

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Summary: GO ENDER! YEAH! YOU ARE AWESOME!
Review: Ender's Game is by far the best sci-fi book ever written. That is it. I'm ten, and it was readable even for me, though it was advanced enough that I could enjoy it. Lots of action, too. Just an incredible book. "A reader from Houston", we're all entitled to our opinions, but you are totally wrong. Don't post your reviews for the lovers of the Ender's Game saga to read; it's depressing that a person totally misses the point of such a great book.

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Summary: The bright but alienated kid will feel understood here.
Review: I've yet to find a kid who is one of those very bright but disenchanted with school types, actually at risk of dropping out because school is so meaningless, who does not respond to Ender's story of knowing more than everyone else but functioning as a savior of the world. It is a powerfully effective book to help the bright but isolated to find hope and meaning. The fantasy elements are incidental to me but are what makes the heavy doses of philosophy and insight digestible to most kids. Outstanding for kids with adult reading abilities who still have kid identity issues. No objectionable scenes. Another good one for the same kids but who have younger reading levels: A Bridge to Terabithia. The sequel and Card's other books are not as effective, tending toward much more heavy handed allegory and religious reference.

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Summary: If this is sci-fi, I'm the king of England!
Review: You would have to be a masochist to like this book. Chapter after chapter, all the main character does is try to drown himself in self-pitying drivel. 90% of the cast of characters are sadistic psychos, and the terrible "aliens" couldn't hurt a fly, much less conquer a planet. I mean really, you never get to see them in person, and insect-like hive creatures have great promise! I was expecting a book about a grown man who actually does more than get picked on, wallow in self-pity, and play video games! The book is more a view of "What Earth Could Be" ( horrible and judgemental, kinda like Earth today), and is more fiction ( fantasy) than science fiction, with a few starships and orbital space station throw in for good measure. The part about Ender's sister and brother taking over world via internet and public opinion is amusing, but unrealistic. I'm glad I took this doozy out of the library and finished it in a day, rather than buy this. I'm still going to try a few more of Card's book, but since this is the first of his books I read, I'm rather unsure. Live long and prosper, but for your own sake, don't read this book!

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Summary: The storyline was invigorating and the author spectacular
Review: As fans we greatly appreciate the opportunity to express gratitude for such talent as Orson Scott Card. However, I wish that some who choose to express their opinion here would leave the loving in peace instead of berating us for our choice in science fiction, namely you, Houston. If you feel the need to belittle people as a 'public' in a place where we come together to celebrate, you have shared more about your character than you intended. As for Ender's Game, keep the torch alive! There are still many avid fans who appreciate all of Ender's adventures and Card's brilliant story telling. This is a series that will make you an Orson Scott Card fan for life.

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Summary: By far, the best book I have ever read.
Review: I don't usually read science fiction, but my friend, knowing I was interested in psychology, recommended this book. I must say, reading it did more then satisfy my love of the workings of the human mind. Card covered the entire spectrum of human character from Ender's sweet and loving sister, Valentine, to his opposite, sadistic brother, Peter - then the combination of both, Ender himself. Ender is lovable, piteous, horrible, gentle, evil...a brilliant psychological study. The plot is quite intriguing...I couldn't put the book down. It's quite saddening when finally concluded - but not to worry! There are 3 follow-ups, just as good! Speaker for the Dead may even be better!